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pistorius invited cnn to his room in 2008 when these pictures were taken, and cnn is told steenkamp was shot four times through a bathroom door, and authorities say afterwards, pistorius carried her down these stairs while she was still alive. questions still remain over reports of a bloodied cricket bat found at the scene. was it used to attack steenkamp? did she use it to defend herself? or did oscar use it to break down the bathroom door after the shooting? and there are reports by the local media that police had found steroids at the house which authorities have not commented on to cnn. as the legal process now begins against the man known as blade runner, all of oscar's future races have been canceled. he was scheduled to run in australia, brazil, the u.s., the uk, and russia. and while pistorius is in court on tuesday for a bail hearing, reeva's family said there will be a memorial service for her as producers of her reality show released this farewell message from her, meant to be on her cast, but now becomes her last good-bye. >> i take home with me so many amazing memories and
pistorius invited cnn to his room in 2008 when these pictures were taken, and cnn is told steenkamp was shot four times through a bathroom door, and authorities say afterwards, pistorius carried her down these stairs while she was still alive. questions still remain over reports of a bloodied cricket bat found at the scene. was it used to attack steenkamp? did she use it to defend herself? or did oscar use it to break down the bathroom door after the shooting? and there are reports by the local...
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and ted nugent, one of the nra's most vocal supporters promises to bring massive truth to cnn tonight. he gives us an exclusive look at his ranch, the guns he owns, and why he believes guns are crucial for america. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news on the alabama hostin crisis. it is now over. 5-year-old ethan, the little boy's name, he's at a hospital. we found that out a few seconds ago. he's with his family. there's heavy security there as well, and the big headline, he's safe. he was abducted from his school bus and held in an underground bunker for six days. we can also report that the kidnapper, 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes is dead. i want to get straight to martin savidge who is covering this story in midland city, alabama, about 100 miles south of montgomery. what more can you tell us about this little boy ethan and where he is and how he is tonight? >> we know he's surrounded by a very happy family. that would be his mother, his siblings, and extended family and we have been told that he is in good shape physic
and ted nugent, one of the nra's most vocal supporters promises to bring massive truth to cnn tonight. he gives us an exclusive look at his ranch, the guns he owns, and why he believes guns are crucial for america. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news on the alabama hostin crisis. it is now over. 5-year-old ethan, the little boy's name, he's at a hospital. we found that out a few seconds ago. he's with...
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tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> that does it for this edition of "306." thanks for watching. erin burnett "outfront starts now. >>> "outfront" next, we're just eight days away from forced spending cuts that have been called deep and dangerous. so why is all we're hearing is blame? >>> and as the world gets ready for a new pope, is the church using a cemetery to hide money from abuse victims? >>> and new information about the body found inside a hotel water tower. we have the video that that hotel does not want you to see. >>> let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, hurting the poor because washington has no courage. again today, all we heard was blame when it comes to the forced spending cuts to take effect in eight days. president obama made some talk radio appearances. >> whether or not we can move republicans at this point to do the right thing is what we're still trying to gauge. >> now, he's called the cuts severe and brutal. house speaker john boehner, guess what, completely agrees with that. he's called them deep and dange
tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> that does it for this edition of "306." thanks for watching. erin burnett "outfront starts now. >>> "outfront" next, we're just eight days away from forced spending cuts that have been called deep and dangerous. so why is all we're hearing is blame? >>> and as the world gets ready for a new pope, is the church using a cemetery to hide money from abuse victims? >>> and new information about the body found...
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. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> that's it for us. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, the president hits the road to stop forced spending cuts, but is this another game of chicken with the gop, or do either have a real plan? plus, a missing woman found dead in a water tank on top of a hotel. a deadly mystery found out by hotel residents when the water tasted fun. it's right out of csi. >>> and new developments in the oscar pistorius case tonight. what the prosecution claims it found in the olympian's house. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a little less confrontation, a little more action. a lot of people want that. it was a song made famous by elvis presley, but apparently not something that is so popular in washington. we're nine days away now from the forced spending cuts that are going to take effect, and while we may be short on time, we are not short on blame. president obama for one was busy today with no less than eight local television interview
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in a statement to cnn, the nfl said quote, there were some fluctuations in the frequency of the power supply but not in the amount of the power supplied to the building. this again referring to the period of the rehearsals that beyonce was having in the week leading up to the super bowl. the league said there were no mass power outages during the rehearsals. they also said it was because of those power issues during the rehearsal that they decided to have beyonce's team use a completely different power supply from the superdome's grid for the actual halftime show itself. now, we also caught up with doug thornton of the smg group, group that manages the superdome. here's what he had to say about beyonce's rehearsals. >> yes, we had a couple fuses blown, there were a couple circuits that were overloaded, but it had nothing to do with this power outage. it's totally unrelated. >> reporter: thornton says that that sometimes happens when you've got outside show producers coming in who are not familiar with the circuitry of the building. we contacted beyonce's representatives. they issued a
in a statement to cnn, the nfl said quote, there were some fluctuations in the frequency of the power supply but not in the amount of the power supplied to the building. this again referring to the period of the rehearsals that beyonce was having in the week leading up to the super bowl. the league said there were no mass power outages during the rehearsals. they also said it was because of those power issues during the rehearsal that they decided to have beyonce's team use a completely...
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jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> jeshe loves though stories about the dogs in new york. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, shocking announcement out of the vatican today. >>> plus a power struggle in the republican party. in the end, who will be the voice of the gop? somebody might die in this fight. will rubio win or somebody like rand? >> and ted nugent has been invited to attend tomorrow's state of the union address. we have a preview of what he might say in a special report. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. everyone. i'm erin burnett. toght, the fourth most powerful man in the world resigns. pope benedict xvi surprised many of his 1.2 billion fall ors worldwide when he said he was going to step down at the end of the month, and the reason, his age. nearly one in four americans identifies as catholic. according to the church, the catholic population worldwide has about 15 million members in 2010. the latest year for which there was data. about 17% of the planet is catholic. now, a church is believed to be the third largest landowner i
jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> jeshe loves though stories about the dogs in new york. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, shocking announcement out of the vatican today. >>> plus a power struggle in the republican party. in the end, who will be the voice of the gop? somebody might die in this fight. will rubio win or somebody like rand? >> and ted nugent has been invited to attend tomorrow's state of the union address....
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eastern here on cnn. we're breaking down the big event, what it means for the city and more, saturday, 4:00 p.m. eastern. i love, love, love beyonce. >> love, love, love. what a beautiful rendition of "the star spangled banner." >> she kind of came out there and said, take that, i can do it. >> we were right there when she was lip syncing. it was a great rendition. >> wolf does try to sing beyonce right there in the makeup room sometimes. >> all the single ladies. thanks very much for joining us. you can follow us on twitter @wolfblitzer, @katebaldu an. >>> up next, senators rough up chuck hagel during his confirmation hearing. a senior lawmaker is "outfront" to explain why he's voting against chuck hagel. and chuck grassley implies the video games, not guns, are the reasons for america's mass shootings. what role did the donations he received from the nra play? and another super bowl ad being called racist. we'll show you the ad. it's a near and dear to our heart topic. let's go "outfront." >>> and we be
eastern here on cnn. we're breaking down the big event, what it means for the city and more, saturday, 4:00 p.m. eastern. i love, love, love beyonce. >> love, love, love. what a beautiful rendition of "the star spangled banner." >> she kind of came out there and said, take that, i can do it. >> we were right there when she was lip syncing. it was a great rendition. >> wolf does try to sing beyonce right there in the makeup room sometimes. >> all the...
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jeanne moos, cnn. >> i want to say, folks -- >> new york. >> she's very funny. >> i got one. that's it for us. erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we are moments away from a news conference where we expect to learn what happened in that cabin outside los angeles yesterday. last night, we heard this. >> burn it down! >> just do it, right now! [ bleep ]. >> in a few moment, we hope to find out if the body found in that cabin is the suspected cop killer and also what led to his death. plus, thousands of people are trapped on board a crippled carnival cruise ship. they're running low on supplies and living this their own filth. and two of president obama's key nominations could be on hold. one of the senators considering a delay, rand paul, is with us to tell you why. let's go "outfront." and good evening, everyone. tonight, we have breaking news on the los angeles man hunt that ended with a body dead inside a mountain cabin. in just a couple of moment, we could learn if christopher dorner was the man
jeanne moos, cnn. >> i want to say, folks -- >> new york. >> she's very funny. >> i got one. that's it for us. erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we are moments away from a news conference where we expect to learn what happened in that cabin outside los angeles yesterday. last night, we heard this. >> burn it down! >> just do it, right now! [ bleep ]....
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and today, as cnn tried to cover news about the hacking story, the chinese government blacked out the story. you could see that happening, right there. i asked how the government there is reacting to the accusations. >> reporter: erin, the chinese authorities have strongly denied any involvement in the cyberattacks against "the new york times," calling the accusations baseless. and the chinese defense ministry actually told us that the chinese military has never supported any hacker activities. now, "the times" said the internet security experts it hired traced the origin of the latest intrusions back to china, based on the patterns and the techniques used. this wouldn't be the first time this kind of thing has happened. google and china had a very similar row just a few years ago over exactly the same issue. so many experts are seeing a disturbing trend emerging when it comes to cyberattacks allegedly sponsored by the chinese authorities targeting a wider array of targets around the world. >> now let's check in with anderson cooper with a special "a.c. 360." >> a special "a.c. 360" f
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. >> reporter: tonight's cnn's anderson cooper revealed dorner had sent him a package. >> inside the package was a hand-labeled dvd with a yellow post-it note reading in part, "i never lie." apparently in reference to his dismissal from the lapd in 2008. >> reporter: there are indications he may have reason to be angry. i'm not an aspiring rapper. i'm not a gang member. i'm not a dope dealer, dorner writes in his manifesto. i am a man who has lost complete faith in the system when the system betrayed, slandered, and libelled me. the manic account of his firing given in that manifesto is told more soberfully court documents. in both, dorner claims the lapd fired him after he reported having witnessed his superior using a taser on a mentally ill suspect, then he said seeing the superior hand-cuff the suspect and kick him in the chest and face. the suspect, christopher gedler and his father offered testimony corroborating dorner's account at the time, but the father now says he wasn't surprised that the review board ended up rejecting dorner's claims. >> i even told him, what is wrong w
. >> reporter: tonight's cnn's anderson cooper revealed dorner had sent him a package. >> inside the package was a hand-labeled dvd with a yellow post-it note reading in part, "i never lie." apparently in reference to his dismissal from the lapd in 2008. >> reporter: there are indications he may have reason to be angry. i'm not an aspiring rapper. i'm not a gang member. i'm not a dope dealer, dorner writes in his manifesto. i am a man who has lost complete faith in...
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cnn, rio de janeiro. >>> and now our fifth story out front. ted nugent headed for washington. he will be in attendance at president obama's state of the union address. he will not bring any of his weapons to the ranch, they will be banned they talked about hunting, they talked about self-defense and they talked about his beloved second amendment. >> fire in the hole. >> for ted nugent, gun control is putting the second bullet in the same hole as the first. >> two down. >> a lot of people look at the tragedy at sandy hook and they say, something's got to be done. >> agreed, something has to be done. >> they point to weapons that were used as the cause. >> it's not the weapons. the weapons have nothing to do with it. these -- again, these weapons are in every pickup truck in texas. ♪ >> the famed platinum selling rocker is passionate about his music, his family, and his firearms. he's fiercely protective of the rights of law abiding gun owners and he's invited us to his 300 acre ranch in waco, texas, to explain why. >> i'll give you some real eye candy in a second. >> we see w
cnn, rio de janeiro. >>> and now our fifth story out front. ted nugent headed for washington. he will be in attendance at president obama's state of the union address. he will not bring any of his weapons to the ranch, they will be banned they talked about hunting, they talked about self-defense and they talked about his beloved second amendment. >> fire in the hole. >> for ted nugent, gun control is putting the second bullet in the same hole as the first. >> two...
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tom foreman, cnn, ames, iowa. >> that does it for us. thanks for watching. "piers morgan tonight" starts now. ♪ good morning, turtle. ♪ my friends are all around me ♪ my friends, they do surround me ♪ ♪ i hope this never ends ♪ and we'll be the best of friends ♪ ♪ all set? all set. [ male announcer ] introducing the reimagined 2013 chevrolet traverse, with spacious seating for up to eight. imagine that. with spacious seating for up to eight. at tyco integrated security, we consider ourselves business optihow?rs. by building custom security solutions that integrate video, access control, fire and intrusion protection. all backed up with world-class monitoring centers, thousands of qualified technicians, and a personal passion to help protect your business. when your business is optimized like that, there's no stopping you. we are tyco integrated security. and we are sharper. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. sto
tom foreman, cnn, ames, iowa. >> that does it for us. thanks for watching. "piers morgan tonight" starts now. ♪ good morning, turtle. ♪ my friends are all around me ♪ my friends, they do surround me ♪ ♪ i hope this never ends ♪ and we'll be the best of friends ♪ ♪ all set? all set. [ male announcer ] introducing the reimagined 2013 chevrolet traverse, with spacious seating for up to eight. imagine that. with spacious seating for up to eight. at tyco integrated...
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the family telling cnn they will be watching him closely during this time. this was just a bail hearing filled with emotion, conflict and overwhelming public interest here setting the scene for the the trial of a revered home country athlete who is charged with the premeditated murder of a young, beautiful model both with a promising life in front of them. no trial date has been set. >> robyn joins us along with diane mccarthy. diane, you were in court today. take us inside. what was it like in there? >> the first thing i can tell you is it was very, very hot. it was very tense and it was very hot. we were all clustered together in this quite small courtroom. together with this emotion that was just sort of reverberating off the walls, everybody was sweating, tense, whispering, quiet. >> robyn, that's quite a loquatious judge, he spoke for two hours. is that par for the course for a bail hearing in south africa? >> you know, this whole bail hearing has taken on the facade of the trial within the trial. we have been gripped by all the forensic details and als
the family telling cnn they will be watching him closely during this time. this was just a bail hearing filled with emotion, conflict and overwhelming public interest here setting the scene for the the trial of a revered home country athlete who is charged with the premeditated murder of a young, beautiful model both with a promising life in front of them. no trial date has been set. >> robyn joins us along with diane mccarthy. diane, you were in court today. take us inside. what was it...
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cnn's phil black joins me now. and the shock wave blew out windows, injured around 1,000 people, it really looked like a scene from a movie. how were they feeling and coping today there? >> reporter: well, they're recovering, susan, slowly but steadily. most of the damage, although quite widespread is not serious. it's largely windows, glasses that were sprayed and broken. some buildings lost a few, some lost most of them, some lost not at all. a few buildings have much more serious examples of damage like the ice rink behind me. there locals say that section of the wall was actually blown in by that shock wave from the meteor. but the cleanup and recovery operation is very much underway and it's likely within a week or so there aren't going to be too many scars from the close encounter. the people, themselves, they're recovering slowly, as well. we now around 1,000 of them suffered physical injuries. most of them, in fact, all of them not very serious. what they talk about is the fear, the terror of those few mome
cnn's phil black joins me now. and the shock wave blew out windows, injured around 1,000 people, it really looked like a scene from a movie. how were they feeling and coping today there? >> reporter: well, they're recovering, susan, slowly but steadily. most of the damage, although quite widespread is not serious. it's largely windows, glasses that were sprayed and broken. some buildings lost a few, some lost most of them, some lost not at all. a few buildings have much more serious...
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cnn's nick valencia joins me from the headquarters in downtown los angeles. and nick, why don't you bring us up to speed. has he just vanished? has there been any sighting of him overnight? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, martin. i think there are hundreds of police officers right now asking themselves the same question. has chris dorner vanished? i'm outside the lapd headquarters in los angeles. but the search and manhunt is concentrated about 100 miles away from here in the big bear area. the search was scaled back overnight because of those heavy snow conditions. last night by friday night, those teams there were expected to complete their search of some abandoned cabins in the area. and at first daylight today, those teams were set to renew their search for chris dorner. but this investigation, martin, has spread far beyond southern california. >> dorner wrote a chilling manifesto. he's accused, of course, as we say of killing three people including a cop. i'm wondering, where the police worried for their own safety and the safety of their families? >> y
cnn's nick valencia joins me from the headquarters in downtown los angeles. and nick, why don't you bring us up to speed. has he just vanished? has there been any sighting of him overnight? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, martin. i think there are hundreds of police officers right now asking themselves the same question. has chris dorner vanished? i'm outside the lapd headquarters in los angeles. but the search and manhunt is concentrated about 100 miles away from here in the big bear...
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according to our reporting here at cnn, cnn's fran townsend saying, sue see it side bomber that did this attack in turkey was known to american and other intelligence agencies. again, it seems that we have information and aren't always able to act on it in time. is this a sign of a failure on the part of the united states? >> there's no way to know. i think we've got to wait for the investigation to come out. i think one of the other lessons of benghazi is it's a really bad idea to start speculating before you've got the facts. it may turn out that screwed up on this one, that it was preventible. on the record, the good news is he didn't get past the first checkpoi checkpoint. we weren't able to stop him altogether but we kept him from doing more damage than he wanted to do. >> this person didn't get past the first ring of security. this is how these staugss are supposed to be, fortress like. i spoke to jon huntsman a week after benghazi, let me play what he had to say. i think it's more powerful coming from his mouth than mine, here he is. >> but our consulates, particularly those that
according to our reporting here at cnn, cnn's fran townsend saying, sue see it side bomber that did this attack in turkey was known to american and other intelligence agencies. again, it seems that we have information and aren't always able to act on it in time. is this a sign of a failure on the part of the united states? >> there's no way to know. i think we've got to wait for the investigation to come out. i think one of the other lessons of benghazi is it's a really bad idea to start...
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cnn's learns explosives weren't the only unstable variable law enforcement had to deal with. there was dykes' state of mind. neighbors described him as a paranoid loner. >> he used to keep notebooks of horse races. he always said that mafia run the horse races. >> reporter: sources close to the case say while talking to police from his bunker, a contentious dykes would ramble on about his theory and wanted to get his message out. >> he feels like he has a story that's important to him although it's very complex. >> reporter: had the early hours of the standoff, local authorities contemplated sending in a local reporting to talk to dykes. local blogger ricky stokes was the first reporter on the scene capturing this video. he says authorities approached him with the idea. and you were willing to go along with that? >> anything they needed me to do, if it meant me showing you to use equipment or many going into the bunker, i was willing to do just like everybody involved in the operation over there would have done. >> reporter: in the end, the plan was nixed and the fbi took ove
cnn's learns explosives weren't the only unstable variable law enforcement had to deal with. there was dykes' state of mind. neighbors described him as a paranoid loner. >> he used to keep notebooks of horse races. he always said that mafia run the horse races. >> reporter: sources close to the case say while talking to police from his bunker, a contentious dykes would ramble on about his theory and wanted to get his message out. >> he feels like he has a story that's...
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jim bolden, cnn, london. >> amazing. let's dig in a little deeper with physicist and cosmologist lawrence krauss. he's made a career of explaining for people like me and you everything from how the tiniest particles behave to how the universe will end. he is the director of the origins project at arizona state university and his latest book is called "a universe from nothing." we spoke earlier tonight. professor, thank you for joining us. our first question is how was this meteor able to do so much damage? >> well, it's a 10 ton or 20 ton sized object going 30,000 miles per hour. suddenly stopping in the atmosphere. you can imagine it's a lot worse than getting hit by a truck. >> i mean, i don't really understand how it works. tell me, what is it about this flying piece of space matter that makes such damage when it comes in? you say the speed and i guess temperature, but it really blew out windows so far away. people falling down. even though it was big, how did it do so much damage? >> well, you know, when a space shut
jim bolden, cnn, london. >> amazing. let's dig in a little deeper with physicist and cosmologist lawrence krauss. he's made a career of explaining for people like me and you everything from how the tiniest particles behave to how the universe will end. he is the director of the origins project at arizona state university and his latest book is called "a universe from nothing." we spoke earlier tonight. professor, thank you for joining us. our first question is how was this...
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christopher dorner also reached out directly to cnn. he mailed a parcel to anderson cooper's office here at cnn in new york. anderson is with me now. you get a lot of mail and a lot of strange mail, so it's not something you would have noticed o or seen. what was in it? >> it got here february 1st, i was just made aware of it earlier today, as well as was cnn management. it was a parcel and in the parcel was probably most notable, a coin. the kind of ceremonial coin that's often handed out in the military. and this one is the former chief of police of the lapd, will bradden's coin. and i talked to chief bratton. he says it's likely the suspect got this coin at a ceremony where he gives out these coins to people who are going to be serving overseas. notable about this coin, there are three bullet holes shot through the center. there's also what looks like the nick of a bullet on the top rim of it. so this was included in the partial. there was also a post-it note, saying, i never lied. there was a dvd and around that coin, there was duct
christopher dorner also reached out directly to cnn. he mailed a parcel to anderson cooper's office here at cnn in new york. anderson is with me now. you get a lot of mail and a lot of strange mail, so it's not something you would have noticed o or seen. what was in it? >> it got here february 1st, i was just made aware of it earlier today, as well as was cnn management. it was a parcel and in the parcel was probably most notable, a coin. the kind of ceremonial coin that's often handed...
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displaying his famous new jersey candor, reacting to former white house doctor connie mariano, who on cnn called the governor a time bomb. >> i'm a physician more than i am a democrat or republican. and i worry about this man dying in office. >> she must be a genius. >> reporter: the governor questioned how the doctor could diagnose him from her office in arizona. >> and it's completely irresponsible. my 12-year-old son comes to me last night and says, dad, are you going to die? >> hey. bring it, fat boy. >> christie said he's not sure if he's going to run for re-election next year. he said, i'll collapse that bridge when i come to it. >> reporter: christie's weight has been a constant issue, which he has handled both with humor, days ago, eating a doughnut on the set of his chief tormentor, david letterman. and with humility. christie, who was slender and athletic as a younger man, insists his health is good. although yesterday, he told reporters -- >> if you talk to anybody in this room that has a struggle with their weight -- >> reporter: he's aware his weight could ultimately become a
displaying his famous new jersey candor, reacting to former white house doctor connie mariano, who on cnn called the governor a time bomb. >> i'm a physician more than i am a democrat or republican. and i worry about this man dying in office. >> she must be a genius. >> reporter: the governor questioned how the doctor could diagnose him from her office in arizona. >> and it's completely irresponsible. my 12-year-old son comes to me last night and says, dad, are you going...
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you're talking about cnn, you're talking about the media. i mean, should we not cover the story as we've covered it or what do you thing the answer is? >> oh, not at all. reporters have not only a right but a responsibility to inform the public, especially about these horrible tragedies that are so news worthy. the question is how much coverage? and reporters ought to show restraint, just like the rest of us, and realize that if they overdo it, they're playing right into the hands and the guns of these bullied youngsters who want to get even. they want to get even with their classmates. adam lanza had been a student at sandy hook elementary school where he was brutally bullied and tormented and humiliated on a daily basis. he wanted desperately to be famous and important, and we gave him that chance. >> bill, on balance, video games, do they provide an outlet for people -- most people use them just for playing video games, but for people that could be a problem, is that an outlet that prevents them from doing more violence or an outlet that
you're talking about cnn, you're talking about the media. i mean, should we not cover the story as we've covered it or what do you thing the answer is? >> oh, not at all. reporters have not only a right but a responsibility to inform the public, especially about these horrible tragedies that are so news worthy. the question is how much coverage? and reporters ought to show restraint, just like the rest of us, and realize that if they overdo it, they're playing right into the hands and the...